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Garden  Frames 


WHICH  INCLUDE 

COLD  FRAMES,  HOT  BEDS, 
PONY  FRAMES,  MELON  FRAMES, 
PITS  AND  GREENHOUSE  FRAMES 


Hitchings  and  Company 

GREENHOUSE  DESIGNERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS 


FACTORIES  AND  GENERAL  OFFICES 

ELIZABETH,  N.  J. 


NEW  YORK  BRANCH:  1170  BROADWAY 


COPYRIGHTED,  HITCHINGS  &  CO.,  1911 


And  this  only  goes  to  show  how  with  our  small  frames  you  can  have  narcissus  in  bloom  a  good 
two  weeks  before  nature  has  her  way.  If  this  garden  enthusiast  can  do  it  so  easily,  think  of 
the  fun  you  can  have  forcing  your  flowers  and  vegetables  while  "the  nights  are  still  freezing." 


INDEX 


Frames  and  Their  Why 

Page 

3 

Long  Pony  Jr.  Frames 

Page 

15 

As  a  Help  to  Chicken  Raisers 

3 

Standard  Sash 

16 

The  Camera’s  Tale  of  a  Subur¬ 

Double-Glazed  Sash 

16-17 

banite  and  His  Three-Sash 
Frame 

4-6 

Slats 

17 

The  Different  Kinds  of  Frames 

Mats 

17 

and  Their  Uses 

7 

Shutters 

17 

Standard  Frames 

8 

Some  Points  in  General  and  a 

Masonry  Frames 

9 

Few  in  Particular 

18-19 

Protected  Frames 

9 

A  Few  Vegetable  Suggestions 

20 

Pit  Frames 

10 

Several  Flower  Suggestions 

21 

Greenhouse  Frames 

1  I 

Prices  and  a  Word  about 

Pony  Frames 

12 

Ordering 

22 

Melon  Frames 

13 

$250  Greenhouse 

23 

Pony  Jr.  Frames 

14 

Other  Greenhouses 

24-31 

2 


Frames  and  Their  Why 

Frames  are  a  short  cut  to  garden  results.  You  get 
things  four  to  six  weeks  earlier — and  besides  they  are 
better — much  better.  If  you  have  frames,  you  will  be 
setting  out  plants  —  good  husky  plants — when  your  neighbor 
will  be  pinching  seeds  between  his  thumb  and  forefinger 
and  dropping  them  in  drills.  When  his  tomatoes  are  in 
blossom,  yours  will  be  showing  green  fruit  the  size  of  black 
walnuts. 

You  will  be  eating  rhubarb  when  the  other  fellow  is  just 
beginning  to  notice  that  ”  it  feels  a  little  like  Spring.  ” 

Then  there  are  your  flowers — who  wouldn’t  spend  a  few 
dollars  and  take  a  little  extra  bother  to  have  them  blooming 
the  middle  of  May,  rather  than  the  first  of  July.  Some  of 
the  things  you  have  never  been  able  to  grow  will  be  possible. 

In  short  you  will  find  gardening  puts  on  an  entirely  new 
phase — a  phase  that  just  about  doubles  the  interest  and  trebles 
the  pleasures.  By  all  means  have  frames — frames  of  some 
size,  if  only  those  handy  little  Pony  Jrs.  described  on  page  1  4. 


As  a  Help  to  Chicken  Raisers 

Every  chicken  owner  knows  how  his  chickens  will  fight  for 
pieces  of  celery  leaves  or  anything  green  thrown  to  them  in 
the  Winter.  With  frames  you  can  plant  Swiss  Chard  m 
August  and  have  greens  m  abundance  for  your  chickens  all 
Winter  long. 

Good  succulent  fresh  greens  —  the  kind  that  helps  keep 
your  chickens  healthy,  and  that  means  more  eggs. 

Try  a  Four-Sash  Standard  Frame  as  shown  on  page  8  — 
or  a  larger  one. 


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They  came  Saturday  morning.  That  afternoon  I  got  a  hatchet  and  screw-driver  and 
went  out  to  unpack  them.  There  they  were  —  three  crates  and  a  bundle.  I  stood 
before  them  dreaming  of  all  the  fun  it  would  be  to  outwit  Dame  Nature  —  when 
Some  One  called  out  the  window  —  ”  What  are  you  doing  ?  ”  Then  I  began  doing. 


The  Camera’s  Tale  of  a  Suburbanite  and  His 

Three- Sash  Frame 

This  Suburber  moved  into  his  new  house  in  August,  too  late  to  do 
any  gardening,  yet  gardening  he  was  determined  to  do.  First  he 
thought  of  our  $250  greenhouse  (seepage  23)  but  didn’t  ”feel 
like  spending  that  much  money  —  just  yet”  — so  the  next  best  was  a  set  of 
frames.  So  he  bought  one  having  three  sash.  They  just  fitted  in  a  certain 
niche  having  an  ideal  Southern  exposure.  There  happened  to  be  a  camera 
around  the  house.  Some  One  used  it.  Here  is  its  story  and  the  Suburber’s 
own  combined. 


HEN  I  began  uncrating 
them  at  a  lively  pace,  while 
-  Some  One  asked  ques¬ 
tions.  Now  how  can  a  man  an¬ 
swer  questions  when  it’s  Saturday 
afternoon  and  when  he  is  smok¬ 
ing  and  trying  to  pull  out  stub¬ 
born  nails  and  prying  off  splintery 
boards  at  the  same  time?  Didn’t. 
Simply  smoked  and  unpacked. 


4 


B 


Y  that  time  I  was  thor¬ 
oughly  over  dreaming  and 
could  hardly  wait  to  see 
the  frames  up,  soil  in,  seeds  plant¬ 
ed  and  sash  ready  to  put  on. 

Contrary  to  most  "easy  to  go 
together"  things  —  it  did  go  that 
way.  Angle  irons  in  the  cor¬ 
ners  held  the  sides  and  ends 
together  by  screws  —  the  rafter 
ends  slipped  easily  into  their 
notches  —  and  the  complete  set 


-up  was 


"done  in  a 


jiffy,"  just  as  the  makers  said. 


1 


T 


HEN  I  dug  up  the  dirt,  put 
in  some  enrichment  and 
dug  it  over  again.  The 


books  say,  "thoroughly  pulverize, 
first  being  sure  the  soil  is  good  fri¬ 
able  loam."  The  "friable"  part,  am 
a  little  uncertain  about,  but  as  for 
pulverizing,  there  was  absolutely 
no  doubt.  Then  I  put  on  the  sash 
—  just  to  see  how  they  would 
look,  and  went  in  to  Some  One’s 
dinner.  That  night  I  smoked  two  pipes  and  completed  the  dream  that  was  interrupted. 


N 


EXT  morning  found  me 
out  with  the  birds,  and 
planting  seeds.  Put  the 
slats  on  to  see  how  they  would 
fit.  Good  fit.  Wished  the 
plants  were  already  up  and  really 
needed  the  slats  to  shade  them. 
That  day,  1  made  the  boys  at 
the  office  feel  like  exiles  when 
telling  them  how  we  were  going 
to  have  a  garden  all  the  year 
around.  Yes,  at  first  they  were  a 


bit  incredulous.  When  anything’s  really  so,  most  folks  are. 


IINALLY  the  seeds  came 
up  —  I  say  finally  because 
I  watched  them.  Watched 
seeds  it  seems  don’t  grow,  but  af¬ 
ter  coming  back  from  a  trip  of  a 
few  days,  the  frame  garden  was 
marked  out  in  beautiful  hair  line 
stripes  of  green  leaves.  Before  we 
knew  it  the  Katydids  were  rasp¬ 
ing  away  and  the  air  was  "pretty 
brisk."  So  we  kept  the  sash  on 
all  night  and  just  lifted  them  up 


on  a  stick  during  the  day,  to  give  plenty  of  ventilation. 


5 


noon  I  built  a  little  pen  around  the  frames  and  filled 


T  was  now  the  last  of  Octo¬ 
ber  and  things  had  grown 
splendidly,  but  Some  One 
began  to  fuss  about  whether  "if 
it  kept  cold  the  way  it  had,  if 
Jack  Frost  wouldn’t  creep  in 
and  give  our  plant  friends  cold 
feet?"  Of  course  I  knew  he 
would,  but  no  man  admits  right 
off,  what  Some  One  says. 
However,  that  Saturday  after¬ 
in  with  compost  and  leaves. 


mats.  It’s  always  better  to  compromise  with  Some  One. 


T 


HEN  came  the  time  when 
the  nights  were  cold  and 
the  days  fairly  warm — the 
kind  you  don’t  know  whether  to 
wear  your  overcoat  or  carry  it 
on  your  arm  —  you  know  those 
kind  of  days.  With  it  came  nu¬ 
merous  discussions  as  to  whether 
we  would  put  the  mats  and  shut¬ 
ters  on  the  frames  at  night.  As 
a  compromise  I  generally  put  on 
An  infallible  rule  about  gardening. 


pON  we  had  a  raw  gusty 
night  when  the  leaves 
blew  up  on  the  porch  and 
rattled  against  the  windows.  The 
kind  of  night  when  one  doesn’t 
mind  going  down  cellar  and  pok¬ 
ing  up  the  furnace  a  bit.  While 
down  there  I  sneaked  out  the 
cellar  door  and  took  another  look 
at  the  frames,  covered  with  their 
warm  mats  and  shutters,  and 
came  back  and  remarked  with  a  great  exhibition  of  intelligence  that  it  Was  a  cold  night. 


|MAS  day  rolled  around 
before  we  knew  it,  and 
the  wind  howled  and  the 
snow  blew  and  by  nine  o’clock 
Some  One  remarked  it  was  "go¬ 
ing  to  be  a  snowy  day."  I  looked 
out  and  saw  the  frames  almost 
covered  and  replied  absent- 
mindedly,  "how  do  you  suppose 
those  pansies  are  enjoying  them¬ 
selves? "  And  then  after  a  pause 
"if  the  snow  would  only  stop  I  might  go  out  and  cut  a  mess  of  Swiss  Chard  greens." 


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The  Different  Kinds  of  Frames 

and  Their  Uses 


Standard  Frames 

These  are  like  our  suburban  friend  bought,  and  can  be  used  for  either 
cold  frames  or  hot  beds.  The  sash  are  three  feet  wide  and  six  feet  long.  A 
more  durable  frame  can  be  made  by  substituting  masonry  sides  for  the 
cypress  ones  and  putting  a  cast-iron  sill  on  top  the  wall  to  which  the  T  bar 
steel  rafters  are  bolted,  and  upon  which  the  sash  rest  and  slide.  Such  a 
fix  will  last  a  lifetime.  (See  pages  8  and  9.) 


Pit  Frames 

These  always  have  masonry  sides  and  are  generally  made  about  six  feet 
deep.  In  these  pits  you  can  store  your  hydrangeas,  semi-hardy  roses, 
geraniums,  azaleas  and  small  palms.  Or  you  can  put  in  a  bench  and  regu¬ 
larly  grow  things  just  like  you  would  in  a  greenhouse.  For  violets  you 
can’t  beat  them.  (See  page  10.) 


Greenhouse  Frames 

No  greenhouse  is  complete  without  its  frames.  They  are  an  indispensable 
assistance  to  it.  By  working  them  together  you  greatly  increase  the 
possibilities  of  both.  (See  page  I  1.) 

Pony  Frames 

These  are  Standard  Frames  of  a  smaller  size.  Their  having  small  sash 
makes  them  much  easier  to  handle  and  you  can  easily  move  the  frames 
about  if  you  care  to.  Another  advantage  is  that  they  will  often  fit  into  a 
spot  too  small  for  the  larger  frames.  (See  page  12.) 

Melon  and  Pony  Jr.  Frames 

These  are  handy  little  portable  frames  in  four  sizes.  You  can  start  your 
melons  in  them  a  month  ahead;  ditto  with  cucumbers;  or  use  them  in  a 
hundred  and  one  ways  to  start  both  flowers  and  vegetables.  Even  if  you 
have  the  larger  frames  you  surely  ought  to  have  a  few  of  these  small  ones. 
(See  frontispiece  and  pages  1  3  and  1  4.) 


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Standard  Frames 


These  are  made  of  the  finest  air-dried  Louisiana  cypress  1  Fi-mch 
thick,  and  the  standard  3x6  sash.  They  measure  8  inches  deep 
at  the  front,  and  16  at  the  back.  The  sides  and  ends  are  screwed 
together  by  heavy  wrought-iron  angle  cleats.  Flat  iron  cleats  are  also 
screwed  to  the  back  pieces,  under  each  rafter.  The  rafters  between  the 
sash  are  3x3  inches,  and  are  rabbeted  for  the  sash  and  grooved  to  carry  off 
the  sash  condensations.  Dove-tailing  the  rafters  into  the  front  and  back  makes 
it  easy  to  remove  them,  should  you  want  to  take  the  frames  down  to  pack 
away  when  not  in  use,  or  to  give  a  greater  freedom  in  preparing  the  soil  or 
placing  the  manure  for  the  hot  bed.  The  side  guides  on  outside  of  frames 
for  holding  the  sash  in  place  are  screwed  on  —  not  nailed.  These  frames  of 
ours  are  easy  to  put  up  or  take  down.  They  are  given  two  coats  of  best 
lead  paint  before  shipment  and  sent  to  you  knocked  down.  No  better  frame 
can  be  made.  Made  in  any  size  from  a  one-sash  frame  up.  Two,  three, 
and  four-sash  frames  always  kept  in  stock.  For  detailed  description  of 
Sash,  see  page  1 6. 

T wo  -  Sash  F rame. 

This  Is  a  handy  size  of  which  we  sell 
a  good  many.  It  is  easily  portable  and 
when  stored  away  off  season  time, 
takes  up  but  little  room. 

PRICE 

With  2-sash  complete,  $14.50 

Without  sash,  7.50 


Three-Sash  Frame.  This  is  the  kind  the  Suburbanite  bought  as  described 

on  pages  4,  5  and  6.  If  you  have  the  space,  buy  it.  You  will  find  frames  so  surprisingly 
satisfactory  that  the  largest  one 
you  can  place  will  be  none  too 
big. 

PRICE 

Complete  with  3-sash,  $19.50 
Without  sash,  9.00 


Four-Sash  Frame.  Now  you  are  getting  a  frame  big  enough  to  do  some  of 

the  bigger  things.  By  putting  a  partition  (see  note  below)  under  the  middle  rafter  you 
can  divide  it  into  a  cold  frame  and  a  hot  bed.  Or  use  them  both  as  hot  beds,  starting 
one  earlier  than  the  other,  and  when  the  heat  in  one  dies  down,  start  up  the  other  and 

move  your  plants  in 
flats  or  pots  to  it. 


PRICE 

Complete 

With  4-sash,$24.50 
Without  sash,  10.50 

PARTITIONS,  we  will  furnish  to  fit  under  the  rafter,  for  $1.50  additional.  ^X^lth  5-sash,  29.50 

LARGER  FRAMES  than  these  shown  will  be  priced  on  application.  VFlthout  sash,  1  2.00 


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Masonry  Frames 

The  idea  here  is  permanency.  If  you  were  to  ask  our  advice  we  would 
say  make  your  walls  at  least  four  feet  below  ground,  and  then  by  ex¬ 
cavating  the  inside  soil  you  can  at  any  time  convert  your  cold  frames 
into  hot  beds;  or  even  use  them  as  storage  pits  for  the  smaller  things.  They 
are  made  with  cast-iron  sills  on  top  of  the  wall  and  inverted  T-shaped  steel 
bars  are  bolted  to  them  for  the  rafters.  It  makes  a  finished  enduring  frame. 


Protected  Frames 


A  SOUTHERN  exposure  is  what  you  want  for  your  frames.  Locate 
them  with  a  protection  at  the  north.  If  you  have  no  building  or 
^  wall  that  will  serve  this  purpose,  take  the  trouble  to  build  a  wind 
break  like  this  one.  Don’t  fuss  about  the  question  of  a  few  extra  dollars  it 
may  cost  to  start  right.  Results  will  warrant  the  expenditure. 


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Pit  Frames 


PITS  are  used  for  both  the  storage  of  plants  that  need  protection  to 
carry  them  through  the  Winter  and  for  regular  growing  purposes 
—  vegetables  principally. 

Various  foliage  plants,  sago  palms,  hydrangeas,  small  bay  trees,  azaleas, 
and  such  can  be  carried  through  the  Winter  m  a  pit  and  come  out  in  the 
Spring  all  ready  to  make  new  growth. 

For  bulbs  it  is  admirable. 

If  made  six  feet  deep  to  give  head  room  to  work,  you  can  put  in  a  regular 
greenhouse  bench  and  raise  late  Fall  and  early  Spring  crops  of  lettuce, 
spinach,  radishes  and  such. 


This  sketch  shows  a  sectional  view  of  a  pit  four  feet  deep 
with  cast-iron  sills  on  top  of  the  walls.  The  sash  are  sup¬ 
ported  by  inverted  T  bar  steel  rafters  bolted  to  the  sills. 


Concrete  pit  six  feet  deep  filled  with  semi-hardy  plants  which  have  success¬ 
fully  wintered  and  are  now  enjoying  the  early  Spring  air  and  sunshine. 


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Greenhouse  Frames 

A  GREENHOUSE  is  not  complete  without  its  Frames.  They  not 
/  \  only  relieve  the  crowding  of  its  benches  but  many  things  are  better 
X  A  started  or  stored  in  the  Frames  and  then  removed  to  the  green¬ 
house  for  further  development.  For  example,  why  crowd  out  roses  for  let¬ 
tuce  or  spinach?  Still  you  want  them!  Why  take  up  room  you  would 
devote  to  sweet  peas,  snap  dragons,  or  stock  for  violets  when  they  actually  do 
just  as  well  m  Frames?  By  all  that  is  reasonable,  if  you  have  a  greenhouse 

you  need  Frames.  Have  a  heating 
pipe  run  to  them  from  the  green¬ 
house  boiler  and  then  you  can 
use  them  m  all  weathers  without 
the  bother  of  making  hot  beds. 

Add  a  little  more  to  your 
investment  and  build  them  with 
masonry  sides,  cast-iron  sills,  and 
steel  T  bar  rafters  and  then  they 
will  last  as  long  as  your  green¬ 
houses. 

Our  regular  3x6  feet  sash 
are  used  on  them. 

These  Masonry  Frames 
shown  are  attached  directly  to 
the  Southern  side  of  the  green¬ 
house  and  a  heating  pipe  from  it  runs  around  the  sides.  They  would  be 
easier  to  work  and  free  from  the  liability  of  glass  breakage  from  roof  snow 
and  ice,  if  set  away  from  the  house  like  the  ones  below. 


Detached  Frames  having  concrete  foundations  and  sides.  One  of  them  is  six  feet 
deep  and  is  used  for  storage  in  the  Winter  of  semi-hardy  stoop  and  lawn  plants. 


Pony  Frames 


These  frames  are  made  in  every  w^ay  like  our  Standard  Frames  and 
Sash  described  on  pages  8  and  16,  only  they  are  smaller.  The 
sash  being  lighter  makes  them  easy  to  handle.  Many  of  our  friends 
among  the  woman  garden  lovers  find  them  particularly  adaptable  to  their 
needs.  They  are  made  for  sash  34  inches  wide  by  381/2  inches  long. 

Single,  two,  and  three-sash  Pony  Frames  kept  in  stock.  Other  sizes 
made  to  order. 


PRICES 

Single-Sash  Frame,  and  Sash  complete,  $5.00 
Two-Sash  Frame,  and  Sash  complete,  8.00 

Three-Sash  Frame,  and  Sash  complete,  1  1 .00 
Four-sash  Frame,  and  Sash  complete,  1 4.00 
Sash  without  Frames,  each  2.00 


This  Single-Sash  Frame  was  placed  And  in  this  Two-Sash  Frame  a  neighbor 

over  a  peony  and  gave  it  such  a  start  starts  her  annuals  and  each  year  makes 

it  bloomed  two  weeks  ahead  of  time.  friends  envious  with  her  early  garden. 


This  "Three-Sasher”  divided  honors  between  the 
vegetable  and  flower  gardens,  giving  each  a  boost. 


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Melon  Frames 


Try  a  half  dozen  of  these  frames  and  not  only  have  melons  earlier, 
but  melons  with  the  true  melon  flavor. 

Starting  them  early  in  frames  gives  them  a  chance  to  make  good 
strong  root  growth  so  they  can  withstand  the  hot  Summer’s  sun,  and  the 
best  of  the  plant  can  then  go  into  the  fruit. 

Made  in  two  sizes  and  in  the  same  thorough  way  of  our  other  frames. 

PRICES 

Standard  Size,  22V^  x  25V2  inches,  with  two  lights  of  glass,  each  complete,  $2.50 
Pony  Size,  19V2  x  2OI/2  inches,  with  one  light  of  glass,  each  complete,  2.25 


If  Carlo  is  prone  to  complacently  select  your  newly  made  flower  garden  to  lie  on, 
you  will  appreciate  the  protection  of  our  Melon  Frames  to  start  your  plants  coming. 


Melons,  cucumbers,  and  lima  beans  were 
started  three  weeks  earlier  in  this  garden. 


Standard  Size  Melon  Frame  used  as  a  little 
cold  frame  to  force  along  a  clump  of  jonquils. 


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And  when  it’s  a  backward  Spring  you  will  doubly  appre¬ 
ciate  the  boost  the  Pony  Juniors  give  to  your  perennials. 


Pony  Jr. 

These  "  Pomes  "  are  1  I  ^2  x 

1  3  inches,  just  the  right  size  for 
putting  over  single  flower  or 
vegetable  plants.  They  are  such  a 
handy  size  to  move  about  that  their 
uses  are  innumerable.  When  you 
consider  how  thoroughly  well  made 
they  are  with  angle  iron  corner  pieces 
and  best  of  cypress,  and  how  decidedly 
reasonable  the  price  is  for  so  good  a 
frame,  five  certainly  seem  few  enough 
to  buy. 

PRICE 

Five  for  $3.75  with  glass,  and  painted  one 
coat.  The  price  is  so  low  on  these  frames 
that  we  could  not  afford  to  bother  with 
orders  of  less  than  five.  They  are  shipped 
knocked  down. 


Frames 


This  unsightly  old  stump  is  turned  into 
a  festoon  of  blooming  Scarlet  Runner 
Vines,  three  weeks  ahead  of  time,  by 
hurrying  them  along  with  Pony  Frames. 


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Long  Pony  Jr.  Frames 

These  frames  were  originally  intended  for  putting  over  a  row  of 
vegetables,  but  we  find  our  friends  using  them  for  growing  bedding 
plants,  forcing  along  their  flowers,  and  a  hundred  and  one  other 
things.  And  why  not?  In  a  limited  way  they  will  do  everything  the  larger 
frames  can.  They  are  made  full  as  well  and  at  the  price  are  surely  a  good 
investment. 

PRICE 

$1.50  apiece  —  with  sash  com¬ 
plete  and  painted  one  coat. 

Shipped  knocked  down. 


The  season  is  so  short  in  this  section  that  the  nasturtiums  and  hollyhocks  are  given  a  boost  by 
Long  Pony  Jr.  Frames,  so  that  an  unattractive  bit  of  old  wall  will  be  covered  early  in  the  season. 


A  rugged  little  frame  in  every  particular.  You 
could  scarce  buy  the  materials  alone  for  the  price. 


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Standard  Sash 


3’  X  6'  X  1 1/2"  THICK 

ON’T  make  that  expensive  mistake  of 
buying  cheap  sash.  They  won’t  last. 
The  joints  soon  loosen  and  the  water 
gets  m  and  rots  them  out.  They  become  twisty 
and  loosen  the  putty  and  break  the  glass. 

Our  sash,  if  given  an  occasional  coat  of  paint, 
will  last  you  a  lifetime. 

Best  of  cypress  1 1/2  ”  thick  is  used  in  them. 
The  top  and  bottom  pieces  are  4”  wide.  The 
sides  2 Vi”-  The  bars  1  Vi  ”  thick. 

The  glass  is  extra  thick,  1 0  ”  wide.  The 
joints  are  blind  mortised  and  have  a  locking 
tenon  which,  the  more  the  joint  is  twisted,  the 
tighter  it  gets.  Steel  dowel  pins  only  are  used. 
A  square  steel  rod  runs  through  the  center  of  the  bars  and  into  the  side 
of  the  sash,  which  both  supports  the  bars  and  stiffens  the  entire  sash. 


PRICES 

Sash  glazed  and  painted  complete,  $3.50  each 
Sash  unglazed  and  painted  one  coat,  1 .40  each 
Sash  unglazed  and  unpainted,  1.25  each 

These  prices  Include  packing  and  delivery  on  the  cars. 


The  joints  are  blind  mortised, 
which  keeps  out  the  moisture. 
The  tenons  are  double  should¬ 
ered,  one  of  which  is  cut  on 
an  angle  making  a  lock  joint. 
All  joints  are  white  leaded 
when  assembled. 


The  bars  have  the  same  lock 
joint  as  the  sides  and  ends  and 
are  beveled  on  under  side  to 
let  in  all  possible  light  to  the 
plants. 


And  this  shows  the  square 
steel  brace  that  goes  through 
the  bars  and  into  the  sides  of 
the  sash. 


Sash 


Double-Glazed 


The  general  opinion  of  the  gardeners  who  have  given  Double-Glazed 
Sash  a  fair  trial  is  that  they  have  a  considerable  advantage  over 
single-glazed,  as  they  will  protect  the  plants  in  fairly  cold  weather 
without  the  use  of  mats  and  shutters.  In  climates  like  New  York  and  vicinity 
it  is,  however,  necessary  to  use  mats  and  shutters  during  the  severe  weather. 
We  believe  that  the  bedding  of  the  outer  glass  in  putty  is  a  decided  advan¬ 
tage  as  it  makes  the  sash  leak  tight.  Aside  from  the  double  glazing  these 
sash  are  made  identically  the  same  as  our  regular  standard  single-glass  sash. 

PRICES,  $4.50  each,  glazed  and  painted. 


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Double-Glazed  Sash  — Continued 


If  our  Double-Glazed  Sash  were  cut  right  through  the  center  from  side  to  side  this  is  the  view  you 
would  get  of  the  double-thick  outside  glass  set  in  putty,  and  the  single-thick  inside  glass  resting  in 
grooves.  The  air  space  between,  acts  as  an  insulator  against  the  cold. 


Cutting  the  Double-Glazed  Sash  through  the  center  from  top  to  bottom,  you  get  a  definite  idea  of  how 
the  joints  of  the  top  or  the  putty  glazed  glass  are  lapped  and  inside  ones  "butted"  or  placed  end  to  end. 


Slats 

Slats  are  for  shading  transplanted  seedlings. 
You  will  need  them  especially  if  you  intend 
using  frames  in  the  Fall  and  Winter.  The  hot 
sun  of  August  and  September  is  too  strong  for 
the  transplanted  seedlings  to  stand.  A  week  of 
the  slats  and  they  will  have  thoroughly  strength¬ 
ened  up.  They  are  also  particularly  useful  for 
pansy  growing  (see  page  21).  Anything  as 
light  as  our  slats,  need  to  be  specially  well  made 
—  and  they  are.  They  are  three  feet  wide 
and  six  long.  The  evenly  spaced  strips  of 
cypress  are  let  into  the  binding  cleats  and 
clinched  into  position  by  wire  nails.  They 
keep  their  shape.  An  important  point  with 
slats. 


PRICE 

Painted,  $1.25  each 

Unpainted,  1 .00  each 


Mats 

You  will  need  mats,  especially  if  you  Intend 
using  your  frames  through  the  Winter.  They 
help  keep  out  Jack  Frost. 

These  are  made  of  extra  strong  brown  duck 
faced  with  burlap  and  lined  with  waste  wool 
and  cotton  which  is  quilted  in  position. 

They  outlast  straw  mats,  many  times  over; 
and  are  easier  to  handle,  and  warmer. 


PRICE 

For  3'  X  6'  Single  Sash,  $1.00  each 
For  6'  X  6'  Two  Sash,  1.25  each 


Shutters 

They  do  three  things:  Keep  the  mats 
snug  in  place  —  protect  them  from  the  weather 
—  and  do  their  part  towards  keeping  out  the  cold. 

The  gardeners  say  that  our  shutters  are  "light 
to  handle  but  stand  the  racket."  This  being 
so,  you  better  buy  your  shutters  of  us. 

They  are  three  by  six  feet  and  made  of 
%-inch  cypress  having  tight,  tongued  and 
grooved  joints.  The  three  cross  binders  on 
the  under  side,  hold  the  boards  together  and 
prevent  them  warping  out  of  shape. 


PRICE 

Painted,  $2.00  each 

Unpainted,  1.75  each 


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Some  Points  in  General  and  a  Few 

In  Particular 


Not  that  gardening  with  Frames  is  so  serious  a  matter  or  that  it 
involves  any  set  of  hard  and  fast  rules,  but  knowing  a  few  of  the 
basic  points  the  rest  will  come  of  itself.  There  are  a  certain  few 
that  you  may  find  helpful  the  first  season. 


Sub  Frames 

If  you  are  going  to  use  your  Standard  Frames  or  any 
part  of  them  for  a  hot  bed  you  will  need  a  Sub  Frame 
in  which  to  confine  the  heat  generated  by  fermentation 
of  the  manure. 

We  will  gladly  sell  you  Sub  Frames,  but  they  are  so 
easy  to  make  that  we  are  frank  to  admit  that  you  can 
probably  make  or  have  them  made  just  as  cheap  as  we  can. 
Better  use  two-inch  rough  lumber  about  ten  inches  wide  and  nail  it  to  3  x  4-inch  corner  posts.  Let  the 
posts  extend  three  inches  above  the  sides  to  hold  the  top  frame  in  position.  Prices  furnished  if  desired. 


How  To  Make  a  Hot  Bed 


In  the  vicinity  of  New  York,  Hot  Beds  should  be  started  along  in  the  middle  of  February  or  first  of 
March.  Secure  fresh  horse  manure  to  put  in  the  bottom  of  the  beds,  the  fermenting  of  which  will  make 
the  necessary  heat.  The  manure  had  better  be  2^2  feet  deep,  an  excavation  of  that  depth  being  dug  out. 

It  is  best  to  add  one  third  of  leaves  to  the  manure  to  pre¬ 
vent  it  from  burning.  Thoroughly  mix  them  with  it  before 
putting  into  the  bed.  Put  the  manure  in  layers  and  tramp 
down  firm.  By  this  means  the  heat  will  be  held  longer 
than  in  a  loosely  made  bed. 

A  thermometer  plunged  in  the  mixture  will  register 
up  to  110  degrees,  and  when  it  drops  to  90  degrees, 
it  is  time  to  put  six  or  eight  Inches  of  good  rich  soil  on  top 
—  the  finer  and  mellower  the  better.  Now  plant  your  seeds  and  put  on  the  sash.  Bank  around  the  outside 
with  a  foot  or  so  of  manure  to  help  keep  the  heat  in  and  cold  out. 


Soil  to  Use 

If  your  soil  is  not  what  it  ought  to  be,  get  some  that  is.  It  is  not  enough  that  it  is  rich,  it  must  be  mel¬ 
low  (loose  and  soft)  and  have  the  "good  earth  feel." 

The  top  Inch,  if  sifted  on,  gives  an  ideal  berth  for  the  start  of  the  tiny  rootlets  and  tender  little  leaves. 


Planting 

Use  the  same  common  sense  you  do  in  your 
garden  planting,  only  remember  that  the  frames 
are  higher  at  the  back;  so  plant  the  shorter 
growing  plants  at  the  front. 

Here  is  a  little  sketch  showing  the  way 
"Sally  Smith" — Ali  Babas,  spinster  neighbor 
—  plants  her  flowering  favorites.  Another 
thing  Sally  does  Is  to  plant  some  of  her  vege¬ 
tables  and  flowers  in  boxes  about  a  foot  square  and  three  Inches  deep,  which  makes  It  easy  to  tote  about  when 
it  comes  to  transplanting  them  in  the  open. 

Try  planting  some  corn  or  lima  beans  in  strawberry  baskets;  it  overcomes  the  element  of  uncertainty  in 
transplanting.  Just  break  down  the  sides  of  the  baskets  and  slide  out  soil,  plant,  and  all.  If  the  soil  is 
loosened  from  the  corn  rootlets  the  plant  is  done  for. 


.  =  .  c  ..  .  .  o  ,  Cosmos  “  ‘  ‘ 

.  o  ......  .  Castor  Beans  ^ 

o  c  .  .. .  c  .  o  Zinnias  •  ■  —  -  •  *  « 
c  .  c  .  .  o  c  .  .  Stocks  — 
......  Sweet  William  «  — 

......  forget-me-nots  ’ 

.  .....  .  Candytuft  '  *  .  .  ^  . 


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V  entilation 

Purely  a  matter  of  sense,  but  in  general 
terms,  better  too  much  than  not  enough.  One 
day  of  too  little  air  will  sweat  and  "cook"  the 
plants,  from  which  treatment  they  never  recover. 

Ventilate  most  freely  in  the  middle  of  the 
day.  With  hot  beds,  when  matted  and  shut¬ 
tered,  it  is  safest  to  leave  just  a  slight  vent  at  all  times.  The  sketch 
shows  three  ventilating  positions  the  sash  can  be  put  in.  The  easiest 
way  is  to  have  a  notched  block  of  wood  tied  or  chained  to  the  back 
of  frame  (so  it  will  be  there  when  you  want  it)  and  set  the  sash  up 
on  whatever  notch  to  give  the  necessary  air. 


Watering 

Knowing  when  your  frame  garden  needs  a  drink  is  of  greatest 
importance.  Ofttimes  the  surface  will  appear  dry,  but  on  exam¬ 
ination  the  soil  just  below  the  surface  will  have  sufficient  moisture. 

I  believe  the  novice  ruins  more  hopes  by  overwatering  than  other¬ 
wise.  Too  much  water  will  sour  the  soil.  On  the  other  hand 
when  you  do  water  —  do  it,  not  simply  a  little  surface  sprinkling 
which  dries  up  quickly  and  is  apt  to  leave  the  soil  cakey.  Do  it 
gently  —  don’t  use  lawn  methods. 

Hardening  Off 

Plants  that  have  been  growing  in  the  warm  moist  atmosphere  of  a 
hot  bed,  if  suddenly  moved  to  open  ground  where  the  temperature 
may  be  several  degrees  lower,  the  chances  are  they  will  not  survive. 
For  this  reason  a  "hardening  off"  process  must  be  followed  by  gradr 
ually  giving  the  plants  more  and  more  air  until  the  sash  can  be  left 
entirely  off  a  couple  of  days  and  nights  without  resentment  by  the 
plants.  Now  transplant  and  there  need  be  no  set-back  shock. 


Transplanting 

Be  a  little  gentle.  Ever  notice  how  a  gruff  old  gardener  handles 
his  plants  with  a  tenderness  and  care  that  is  almost  pathetic?  Inci¬ 
dentally  his  plants  grow  like  magic. 

When  transplanting  just  wet  the  soil  well  in  the  frames  or  flats  so  as  much  earth  as  possible  will 
adhere  to  the  roots.  Then  make  a  hole  with  a  dibble  (a  sharpened  stick)  and  putting  the  roots  into  the 
hole  up  to  the  leaves  themselves  press  the  soil  around  the  plant.  Be  careful  not  to  make  too  big  a 
hole  or  the  roots  will  not  come  in  contact  with  the  soil  unless  you  have  a  care  to  firm  it  around  them 
well.  Do  it  on  a  cloudy  day  or  late  afternoon  —  but  you  knew  that  anyway. 


19 


A  Few  Vegetable  Suggestions 


The  off-hand  idea  about 
frames  used  to  be  that  for 
lettuce,  spinach  and  radishes 
they  were  ”  rather  good."  The  rea¬ 
son  why  you  seldom  heard  of  other 
things  being  grown  m  them  was  sim¬ 
ply  because  these  three  things  were 
easy  to  grow  and  always  in  demand. 
But  truth  to  tell  you  might  well  start 
your  entire  vegetable  garden  in 
frames  and  steal  the  march  on  Dame 
Nature. 

Surely  cucumbers  by  the  Fourth 
of  July  sounds  a  lot  more  interesting 
than  first  of  August.  Cauliflower 
can’t  come  any  too  early  to  please 
you  —  frames  will  bring  it  three 
weeks  ahead.  If  you  want  to  take  the 
trouble,  corn  and  peas  can  be  planted 
in  pots  or  berry  baskets  and  six-inch 
plants  set  out  m  the  open  about 
the  time  the  seeds  are  usually  put  in. 
It  isn’t  a  question  of  what  vegetable 
you  can  grow  to  advantage  in  frames, 
but  one  of  what  you  do  want  to 
grow?  Here  are  a  few  "start  off" 
suggestions  of  the  more  usual  things. 

Try  Lettuce  This  Way : 

Sow  March  first  in  cold  frames  for  succession 
every  two  weeks. 

In  hot  beds  February  tenth. 

A  Two-Sash  Frame  will  hold  sixty-four  heads. 
At  ten  cents  a  head  these  would  cost  you  $6.40. 
For  Fall  use  make  occasional  sowings  in  cold 
frames  from  August  fifteenth  to  September  fifteenth. 
By  using  mats  and  shutters,  fine  crispy  lettuce  can 
be  held  in  the  frames  right  up  to  the  first  of  February. 

For  head  lettuce,  plant  Big  Boston  or  Boston 
Market. 

For  long  narrow  hard  leaves  try  Trianon  Cos. 
To  get  good  solid  heads,  keep  water  from  the  heart. 

Thin  out  to  eight  inches  apart.  When  about  an 
inch  high  plant  radishes  and  pepper  grass  between 
the  rows  and  double  your  crop. 


SOWN 
MARCH  1 
(In  Cold  Frame) 

TRANS¬ 

PLANT 

READY  TO  EAT 

Cold  Frame 

Out  Doors 

Bean 

May  8 

June  15 

Beet 

Mar.  25 

May  20 

June  25 

Cabbage 

April  1 

June  8 

April  1 

Carrot 

May  15 

June  15 

Cauliflower 

April  1 

June  8 

April  1 

Kohlrabi 

April  1 

May  15 

June  15 

Lettuce 

Mar.  20 

May  1 

June  1 

Parsley 

May  15 

June  1  5 

Pea 

May  8 

June  8 

Radish 

April  15 

May  15 

Spinach 

May  8 

June  15 

Table  showing  a  few  of  the  vegetable 
gains  made  by  Cold  Frame.  Hot 
Beds  are  two  or  three  weeks  earlier. 


Swiss  Chard  All  Winter  for 
Chickens,  or  "Folks" 

Plant  first  of  August  and  treat  practically  same  as 
lettuce.  Middle  of  October  the  big  succulent  leaves 
will  be  pushing  against  the  glass  and  will  stay  fresh 
and  juicy  all  Winter.  If  two  or  three  leaves  are  left 
uncut,  March’s  first  warm  days  will  start  them  grow¬ 
ing  again.  For  table  greens  there  is  nothing  that 
beats  Swiss  chard.  The  stems  creamed  are  a  rival 
for  asparagus. 

An  Idea  for  Tomatoes 

The  plants  can  be  started  in  flats  from  seed  in  the 
hot  bed  in  February:  or  the  plants  set  out  in  cold 
frames  first  of  March. 

Put  five  plants  to  a  frame  —  one  in  each  cor¬ 
ner  and  one  in  the  middle. 

Stake  them  up  and  cut  off  all  laterals  leaving  but 
the  single  vine.  At  every  point  where  laterals  have 
been  removed  blossoms  will  appear  in  rotation  from 
bottom  to  top  and  finally  fruit  in  succession.  Leaving 
them  right  in  the  frames  this  way  avoids  all  trans¬ 
planting  shock  and  gives  you  tomatoes  a  month  in 
advance.  The  vines  will  continue  to  bear  right  up 
to  frost. 

Earlier  than  "  Early  Corn " 

You  who  have  gone  out  to  the  corn  patch  and 
become  impatient  because  the  silk  wasn’t  brown 
enough  so  the  corn  could  be  pulled  —  you  who  are 
so  fond  of  corn,  try  starting  a  dozen  or  so  hills  in 
your  cold  frames  on  pieces  of  sod,  or  in  small  cheese 
cloth  bags  or  berry  baskets.  Plant  first  of  April  — 
transplant  to  garden  three  weeks  before  the  usual 
time  you  would  put  seed  in  the  open.  Isn’t  it 
worth  the  trouble  to  have  juicy  sugary  corn  three 
weeks  ahead?  (See  page  18,  last  clause  under 
Planting.) 


20 


Several  Flower  Suggestions 


VARIETY 

Sow  Seed  in 
Cold  Frame 

When  to  Set  Out 
Plants 

Asters  (China) 

Mch.  to  May 

May  15  to  June  15 

Calendula 
(Pot  Marigold) 

Apr.  to  May 

May  15  to  June  15 

Carnation 

(Marguerite) 

Apr.  to  May 

May  20  to  June  1  5 

Chrysan’mum 

(Annual) 

Apr.  to  May 

May  1 5  to  June  1 5 

Cosmos  (Early) 

Apr.  to  May 

May  15  to  June  15 

Dahlia 

Mch. to  May 

May  15  to  June  15 

Hollyhock 

Apr.  to  May 

May  1  to  June  1 5 

Larkspur 

(Annual) 

Apr.  to  May 

May  15  to  June  15 

Nasturtiums 

Mch.  to  May 

May  1 5  to  June  15 

Pansy 

Apr.  to  May 
July  to  Oct. 

April  and  Sept. 

Phlox 

Mch.  to  May 

May  1 5  to  June  1 5 

Pansies 

The  natural  habitat  of  pansies  seems  to  be  the 
cold  frame.  Try  planting  some  this  August,  treat¬ 
ing  them  the  same  way  described,  for  annuals.  If 
you  plant  them  in  pots  and  plunge  them  in  soil  of 
frame,  you  will  find  them  regular  little  joy  spots  in 
early  Spring  for  the  dining  table  or  window  sill. 
Their  sassy  little  faces  are  so  cheering  they  make 
March  seem  like  quite  a  pleasant  month  after  all. 

Hollyhocks 

Now  that  the  leaves  of  this  gloriously  decorative 
flower  of  our  Grandmother’s  days  is  so  infested 
with  "red  freckles” — as  Sally  Smith’s  nephew  calls 
them  —  the  only  way  to  have  good  healthy  plants 
seems  to  be  to  start  new  plants  each  year.  Try 
them  in  cold  frames.  Plant  in  August  and  treat 
same  as  pansies,  only  half  as  much  hay  on  top  of 
slats  will  be  enough. 

Nasturtiums 

The  earlier  the  season,  the  longer  the  season  of 
blooms  for  nasturtiums;  which  means  that  if  they 
are  started  in  cold  frames  March  first,  you  will  get 
a  month  more  of  their  spicy  happy  giving  friend¬ 
ship.  With  the  climbing  kinds,  an  unsightly  spot 
or  the  old  stone  wall  will  have  their  Spring  suits  on 
three  weeks  sooner  if  you  can  plant  out  plants  that 
are  six  weeks  above  ground  Instead  of  seed  three 
inches  under. 

Violets 

Some  gardeners  claim  that  violets  do  better  in 
cold  frames  than  in  the  greenhouse  —  and  they 
ought  to  know. 

Off-hand  we  can  count  a  dozen  of  our  friends 
who  have  violets  from  October  to  April  from  their 
frames.  Fine  big  long-stemmed  ones,  that  fill  a 
room  with  their  gentle  perfume  and  help  to  turn  grey 
days  into  blue  sky.  Stick  to  the  single  varieties. 
Get  plants  from  a  florist  in  August.  Don’t  be  in 
too  much  haste  to  put  on  the  sash  —  violets  are  cold 
blooded  and  seem  to  thrive  on  a  little  frost  —  it 
strengthens  their  roots.  Mats  and  shutters  will  of 
course  be  necessary  as  the  mercury  sags  down. 


HOW  often  have  you,  a 
flower  lover,  sighed  because 
some  of  your  annuals  were 
frosted  just  as  they  were  promising 
with  bloom  —  or  you  have  wished 
that  your  annuals  didn’t  take  two  sea¬ 
sons  before  blooming.  Cold  frames 
are  your  happy  solution. 

Start  Cosmos  in  Hot  Beds  middle 
of  February — in  Cold  Frames  March 
First,  and  you  will  have  three  to  four 
weeks  of  continual  blooms.  Same 
with  petunias,  verbenias,  ageratum, 
stocks  and  endless  other. 

For  annuals,  plant  seed  in  frames 
middle  of  August.  When  freezing 
weather  comes,  cover  frames  with 
slats  (another  use  for  slats,  you  see) 
and  put  hay,  a  foot  thick,  on  top. 
This  keeps  them  from  freezing  and 
thawing  without  smothering  them 
out.  In  March  put  on  the  sash ;  trans¬ 
plant  May  first.  In  July  most  of 
them  will  be  m  bloom. 

Bulbs 

If  you  want  a  continual  round  of  bulb  bloom 
gaiety  from  Thanksgiving  Day  to  May  Day,  try  them 
in  frames.  Plant  in  pots  and  plunge  in  dirt  of  the 
frames :  cover  with  foot  of  soil.  Good  healthy  root 
growth  will  rapidly  form.  Make  successive  plant¬ 
ings.  Put  shutters  only  on  up  to  November  first; 
then  sash  and  shutters.  Bring  pots  into  house  as 
you  want  them,  taking  the  precaution  to  allow  the 
white  sprouts  to  darken  up  m  the  shade  before  bring¬ 
ing  them  to  the  full  glaze  of  the  window  sill.  The 
March  and  April  ones  you  can  force  right  in  the 
frames.  For  sturdy  plants  and  fine  big  blooms  this 
frame  method  is  one  to  conjure  with. 

Scarlet  Runner 

"Just  plain  red  flowering  bean"  is  Sally  Smith’s 
version,  but  1  notice  that  Sally  always  has  that  old 
cherry  tree  stump  in  her  back  yard  covered  with  it 
—  and  a  goodly  sight  it  is,  even  if  it  does  admit 
the  plebeian  garden  bean  as  its  ancestor.  Still  for 
a  quick-growing,  graceful,  fresh  blooming  vine  you 
would  nose  about  a  good  bit  before  finding  its  equal. 
It  blooms  lor  about  six  weeks  and  then  come  along 
green  pods  that  have  claims  for  attractiveness.  Starting 
half  of  them  in  little  frames  as  Sally  does  and  then 
four  weeks  alter,  planting  some  in  the  open,  she  gets 
blooms  from  June  till  frost. 

Try  Sally’s  way  just  for  once. 


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Prices 

And  a  Word  About  Ordering 

The  prices  given  for  all  our  frames  and  equipment  leave  so  narrow^  a 
margin  of  profit  that  any  discounts,  you  can  readily  appreciate,  will 
not  be  possible,  save  on  large  quantity  orders. 

When  you  order,  be  so  good  as  to  take  particular  pains  to  use  the  exact 
name  for  the  Frames  you  want?  This  will  save  much  confusion  and  delay 
in  writing.  For  example,  some  say  ”  send  fifteen  little  frames,  ”  which  means 
nothing  to  our  order  department  as  we  have  at  least  five  kinds  that  are 
smaller  than  the  Standard  size  and  might  well  be  called  ”  little.  ” 

To  overcome  the  delay  caused  by  our  looking  up  your  credit  or  writing 
to  your  reference,  send  in  your  letter  a  check  or  money  order,  and  shipments 
can  be  made  promptly.  Anything  not  satisfactory  we  make  so.  Yes,  even 
to  the  extent  of  cheerfully  refunding  your  money,  which  in  itself  is  the 
strongest  kind  of  a  guarantee. 


Special  care  is  taken  in  packing  all  shipments.  The 
frames  are  strongly  bundled;  the  sash  securely  crated. 


And  this  is  a  part  glimpse  of  our  Factory  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  where  we 
make  Frames,  Greenhouses,  and  complete  Greenhouse  Equipments. 


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$250  Greenhouse  of  Mrs.  F.  H.  Lovell,  Madison,  N.  J. 


The  boiler  is  in  cellar  of  residence. 


A  Full  Fledged  Greenhouse  for  $250 

YOU  will  be  surprised  to  learn  that  this  price  includes  the  benches, 
heating  pipes,  and  a  sturdy  little  boiler  that  will  keep  the  tempera¬ 
ture  up  to  65°  with  zero  outside.  It  is  a  thoroughly  practical  house 
— not  a  plaything.  Shipped  knocked  down,  but  all  glazed  and  ready  for 
bolting  and  screwing  together.  Easy  to  erect. 

Send  for  booklet  —  it  describes  every  detail  and  tells  some  of  the  inter¬ 
esting  things  that  can  be  done  in  it. 


Interior  of  Mrs.  Lovell’s  house.  Photo  was  taken  middle  of  April  when  it  was  mostly 
filled  with  bedding  plants  for  setting  out.  We  have  Mrs.  Lovell’s  own  story  of  what 
she  did  in  her  greenhouse.  It’s  intensely  interesting.  Would  you  like  to  read  it? 


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Lean-to  greenhouse  attached  to  Mrs.  Francis 
Hodgson  Burnett’s  Garage,  at  Manhasset,  L.  I. 


No.  101 

The  combining  of  garage  and  greenhouse  in  this  way  is  a  good 
arrangement.  In  the  first  place,  you  save  the  expense  of  building  a 
northern  wall  for  your  greenhouse.  The  garage  protects  it  from  the 
north  winds  and  the  one  boiler  can  heat  them  both.  This  Lean-to  is  nine 
feet  six  inches  wide  and  nineteen  feet  six  inches  long,  and  has  benches  at 
front  and  back  as  well  as  at  the  ends,  giving  a  goodly  lot  of  bench  room 
for  the  plants.  Lean-tos  are  thoroughly  practical  houses  with  wide  cultural 
possibilities. 

In  a  little  house  like  this  one,  it  is  a  revelation,  the  amount  of  flowers  it 
will  harbor  during  the  Winter,  and  the  almost  endless  quantities  of  vegetables 
and  flower  plants  it  will  grow  for  early  setting  out  in  the  Spring. 

Haven’t  you  a  wall,  stable,  garage,  or  even  a  space  on  your  residence 
with  a  Southern  exposure,  where  you  could  attach  one  of  these  Lean-tos? 
Why  not  let  us  come  and  look  over  the  possibilities? 


GARAGE 


GREENHOUSE 

9'-  G"  »■  1  9'-&" 

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This  little  gem  is  a  delightful  hobby  of 
Mr.  Lionel  Sutro,  of  Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 


No.  119 

Here  is  an  instance  of  co-operative  building,  as  it  were.  Mr.  Sutro 
took  care  of  the  erection  of  the  masonry  work  and  the  work-room, 
and  we  the  greenhouse.  We  are  always  glad  to  make  such 
an  arrangement,  and  it  generally  can  be  done  at  a  saving  to  the  owner. 

You  doubtless  were  surprised  on  looking  at  the  plan  to  learn  that  a 
house  twenty-five  feet  long  was  divided  in  two  compartments.  Although 
small,  they  gave  Mr.  Sutro  a  chance  to  have  two  different  temperatures 
and  so  grow  a  great  many  more  kinds  and  varieties  of  flowers.  It  is 
a  decidedly  model  little  house,  which,  should  it  attract  you,  could  be 
duplicated  to  advantage. 

Having  the  working  drawings  all  ready  at  the  factory,  the  order  could 
go  through  without  the  otherwise  necessary  delay  of  waiting  for  them  to 
be  made. 


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Erected  for  Mr.  Philip  Diehl,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 


No.  20 1  Here  is  a  practical  little  greenhouse,  eleven  feet  wide 
_ ! _  and  twenty-five  feet  long,  attached  directly  to  the  resi¬ 
dence.  And  it’s  a  good  way  to  do  it.  Lots  handier  —  and  the  handier 
it  is  the  more  genuine  pleasure  you  will  get  out  of  it.  We  will  be  glad  to 
send  you  particulars  and  a  photo  taken  from  another  point  of  view. 


Erected  at  Elmwood  Farms,  Metuchen,  N.  J. 


We  call  this  a  Farmstead  greenhouse  because  it  is 
attached  to  the  farmer’s  farm  house  right  where  he  can 
keep  his  eye  on  things.  The  house  is  eighteen  feet  wide  and  fifty  feet  long, 
and  divided  m  two  compartments.  Glad  to  tell  you  more  about  it. 


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Henry  Miller,  the  actor,  most  assuredly  had  the  right 
idea  when  he  insisted  on  having  his  greenhouse  so  he 
could  reach  it  directly  from  his  house  during  any  kind  of  weather.  Certainly 
the  effect  is  most  charming.  So  don’t  lose  sight  of  this  garden-under-glass 
idea  when  you  choose  the  location  for  your  greenhouse. 

In  our  regular  greenhouse  catalog  another  view  is  shown  which  includes 
the  old  colonial  house  which  the  greenhouse  adjoins.  This  catalog  also 
makes  some  interesting  suggestions  along  the  line  of  conservatories.  And 
there  are  several  pages  devoted  to  glassed-in  porches.  Better  send  for  it. 


No.  203a  The  interior  reveals  Mr.  Miller’s  house  being  used  the 

_ ! _  first  year  for  raising  thousands  of  flower  and  vegetable 

plants  grown  m  flats,  for  early  setting  out. 


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No.  204a  From  this  point  of  view,  you  see  how  delightfully  it 

_ ! _  fits  into  the  garden  —  what  a  decorative  part  of  it,  it  is. 

We  would  like  to  sell  you  a  house  like  this  —  it’s  a  good  plan,  a  plan 
that  has  advantages. 

But  of  them  we  will  gladly  write  or  talk  over  with  you. 


Erected  for  Mr.  Wm.  Manice,  Southampton,  L.  I. 


No.  204  Should  you  want  a  somewhat  more  extensive  green- 

_ ! _  house  including,  perhaps,  two  compartments  and  a  palm 

house;  then  here  is  a  suggestion. 

It  is  certainly  attractive  —  and  it’s  practical. 


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Just  to  give  you  a  conception  of  how^  one  of  our  houses 
looks  on  the  inside  we  took  this  view  of  a  two-compart- 
ment  house  —  eighteen  feet  wide  and  thirty-three  feet  long. 


No.  1 1 0c 


No.  1 1  Od  And  this  IS  the  near-by  view  of  the  sweet-peas  shown 
_ ! _  in  the  second  compartment  above. 

Pink,  white,  purple,  yellow,  and  reds  —  a  regular  rainbow  of  blooms 
that  lasted  nearly  a  hundred  days.  And  you  could  have  the  same  if  you 
had  one  of  our  houses. 


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Erected  for  Mr.  Robert  Main,  Saugerties,  N.  Y. 


No.  205  Because  of  the  sweeping  roof  lines  of  the  curvilinear 

_ ! _  house,  some  feel  it  to  be  the  most  ornamental  of  all. 

They  certainly  are  effective.  One  eighteen  feet  wide  and  fifty  feet  long, 
divided  in  two  compartments  like  this,  makes  an  ideal  little  layout.  There 
IS  a  regular  galaxy  of  curvilinear  subject  in  our  regular  greenhouse  catalog. 


Erected  for  Mr.  Harper  Smith,  at  Somerville,  N.  J. 

If  you  have  in  your  mind  something  decidedly  ornamental 
and  with  garden  space  enough  in  it  to  grow  a  wide 
gamut  of  things  —  then  why  not  find  out  all  there  is  to  know  about  this  one? 


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Or  if  you  have  a  stoop  you  want  glassed  in,  we  can  do 
that  for  you.  This  one  of  Mr.  Theodore  Jackson’s,  at 
West  Hampton  Beach,  makes  the  happiest  kind  of  a  happy  half-in-doors, 
half-out-doors,  living  room.  Let’s  talk  a  ”  glass-in  ”  over  and  see  what  can 
be  done,  and  it’s  probable  cost. 


No.  208  " 

_  care  particu¬ 
larly  for  plants  but  do  believe 
thoroughly  in  the  salutary  effects  of 
old  Sol’  s  warming  cheering  rays 
—  then  why  not  build  a  regular 
Sun  Room  —  here  is  a  suggestion. 


^  ^  0  Q  There  is  a  won- 

appeal  about  a  conservatory 
treated  m  a  homey  comfortable 
way  like  this. 

Our  regular  catalog  has  some 
splendid  conservatory  suggestions. 


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